Former Gov. Chris Christie was kicked off of President Donald Trump's transition team in 2016 after abandoning his own short-lived presidential campaign and now says it was Jared Kushner who got him fired as an act of revenge in a family vendetta.

In his book "Let Me Finish," slated for a Jan. 29 release, Christie lambastes Kushner, accusing him of pushing him off of Trump's transition team according to excerpts published today by The Guardian.

Christie in his book says Kushner was taking revenge for Christie's 2005 criminal prosecution of Charles Kushner, Kushner's father.

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Chris Christie(Photo: File photo)

In 2005, Charles Kushner, a New Jersey real estate mogul, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for charges that included tax fraud, violating election law and hiring a prostitute to seduce witnesses cooperating with a federal probe into his finances. Christie's successful prosecution landed the elder Kushner in prison for 14 months, before being sent to a halfway house.

After his removal from the transition team, Christie pressed Steve Bannon for the person responsible. Bannon, then Trump's chief strategist, singled out Kushner, Christie said.

“Steve Bannon … made clear to me that one person and one person only was responsible for the faceless execution that Steve was now attempting to carry out. Jared Kushner, still apparently seething over events that had occurred a decade ago," Christie said in his book, The Guardian reported.

Charles Kushner's sentence was part of a plea agreement negotiated with Christie, who was then the U.S. Attorney. In 2006, when Kushner was released from prison and sent to a halfway home, Christie voiced his disappointment by way of a spokesman.

"Mr. Kushner should serve the entire federal prison sentence just as he agreed to when he pleaded guilty," said Michael Drewniak, Christie's then-spokesman.

In the wake of former Gov. James McGreevey's resignation in 2004, Christie used successful convictions in political corruption cases to amplify his name and his claims that those in the governor's office had infected the state's "political process."

Christie's successful conviction of Charles Kushner, McGreevey's largest campaign contributor, was one in a series of public corruption cases that helped build Christie's public image ahead of his first campaign for governor.

President Donald Trump speaks to Gov. Chris Christie and others during an opioid and drug abuse listening session in March in the Cabinet Room of the White House.(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP Photo)

Christie's book is being touted as a tell-all political saga with unprecedented insight into his presidential ambitions and the Trump candidacy in the time leading up to Trump's election.

Three days after the book's release, Christie is expected to appear at Mendham High School for “An Evening With Chris Christie,” a speech and book signing. The event will be his first in the area to promote the book and proceeds will benefit the library in his hometown of Mendham.